Bottle-case and support



C. J. CROSS.

BOTTLE CASE AND SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED DEI:.26,19I9.

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CLIFFORD J'. CROSS, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-OASE AND SUPPORT.

Application filed December 26, 1919.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CLIFFORD J. Cnoss, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in thecounty of New York and State of New York, have invented a new andImproved Bottle-Case and Support, of which the followingis a full,clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in bottle cases and supports, anObject of the invention being to provide an improved construction ofcase and support which is designed primarily in connection with bottlescontaining fire extinguisher, and the purpose of my invention is toprovide a device which is especially adapted for use on automobiles,boats, or other moving vehicles, and which will conveniently support thede vice so that it can be quickly used.

A further object is to provide improvements of the character statedwhich will hold the bottle against movement in any direction, and whichwill permit the bottle with its case to be quickly removed from thesupport, and in so doing will cause the removal of the stopper or bottleclosure so that the fire extinguisher can be scattered about.

A further Object is. to so construct the several parts as to preventrattling and provide mechanism which will be neat and attractive inappearance, which can be installed by any one of average intelligence,not requiring skilled labor, and which, when installed, will present aneat and attractive appearance.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, and combinations and arrangements ofparts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a view in verticallongitudinal section illustrating my improvements;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the upper end of the device showing thesame in normal position;

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the position of the device just beforethe bottle is drawn from the stopper;

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view in side elevation of the lower end of thebottle case.

1 represents a-bottle designed to contain Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Dec. '7, 1920.

Serial No. 347,424. i

ire extinguisher and having a cork or stopper 2 which is provided with acorkscrew 3 having an eye 4 at its outer end. The bottle 1 is inclosedin a metal case 5 which is of the same general shape as the bottle; thatis, it is cylindrical throughout the main length of the bottle and atits upper end is reduced in diameter, as shown at 6, forming shoulders 7to'sustain the pressure of shoulders 8 on the bottle, and at its extremeupper end is made with an internal annular flange 9 which engages theend of the bottle neck 10. A lining 11, which may be of paper, islocated in the main portion of the case and projects inwardly at theshoulder `7 so that it provides a cushion between the shoulder of thebottle and the shoulder of the case.

YA removable cap 12 normally closes the lower end of the case and isprovided with one or more bayonet joints 13 to secure the cap in place.A spring 14 is secured to the inner face of the cap and the ends of thisspring exert pressure against the bottom of the bottle tending to pressthe shoulders 7 and 8 toward each other and also pressing the end of thebottle neck 10 against the flange 9 of the case so that the bottle issecurely held in the case against movement in any direction and isthoroughly protected by the case from damage due to accidental blows ofany sort. i

The case 5 with its bottle 1 therein is supported by means of a bracket15. This bracket 15 comprises a strip of metal which is perforated atsuitable intervals to receive screws 16, or other suitable devices,securing the same to a support 17. The strip 15 is provided at its lowerend with a support* ing tongue 18 which projects under the bottom of thecontainer and sustains the greater portion of the weight of thecontainer. Slip clamps 19 of spring metal are secured at theirintermediate portions to the strip 15 and are adapted to clamp the bodyportion of the case to. hold the case against possibility of accidentallateral movement. but permit the case to be drawn' laterally from thebracket by the necessary pull thereon,

as will be readily understood.

The strip 15 near its upper end is laterally offset, as shown at 20,providing a shoulder 21 which bears against the shoulder 7 of the case,and it is to be understood that the tongue 18 is of spring metal so thatwhen -the bottle case is forced into the bracket,

link 23 connects the loop 22 with the eye 4k of the corkscrew 3, sothatwhen the case is moved from the bracket and a longitudinal pull is hadthereon, the bottle will be withdrawn from the stopper so that thecontents of the bottle can be readily scattered about.

This position for withdrawing the bottle` from the stopper is indicatedclearly in Fig. 3, and it will be noted that the bottle is notdisconnected from the stopper until the caseis entirely disconnectedfrom the bracket.

Furthermore, it will be noted, particularly y by reference to Figs. 1and 2, that the bottle and case. are supported without any strain on thestopper so that there is no possibility of accidental removal of thestopper due to vibration of the support or due to any other cause.

The link 23, above referred to, is composed of a single strip of wire ofgeneral elliptical form with the wire overlapping at. the ends of theellipse, as shown at 24. This form of 1 link facilitates the entrance ofthe link into the eye 4 without opening the eye, and in order toIposition the'link in the loop 22, the

upper screw 16 is removed when the link can be inserted in the loop, andafter the upper screw 16 is replaced, the parts willbe effectuallycoupled to prevent.l mischievous removal of the extinguisher from itsbracket.

Furthermore, I would have it understood that I propose to employ a link23 in which the ends of the link at their overlapping portions tend toseparate so that they are more or less under compression when in the eye4 and the loop 22. This tendency of the parts'- of the link to separateinsures atight or firm engagement with the walls of the eye and the loopand prevents rattling which is important in the art to which this devicebelongs.

Fig. 1v shows the normal position of the device., When the fireextinguisher'is desired for use, the case 5 is grasped by the hand oftheoperator and pulled laterally from'the bracket 15 until thecase is freefrom the clamps 19, or, in other words, in the position shown in Fig. 3.A longitudinal pull on the case will then draw the bottle from thestopper and this longltudinal pull will exert a pressure on the shoulder7 of the case against the shoulder 8 of the bottle, land also will eXerta pressure of the lange9 against the 'neck 10 of the bottle and insurethe movelining 11 clamped between them.

Various slight changes may be made in the general form and arrangementof parts described without departing from the invention, and hence I donot limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider` myselfat liberty to make such changes'and alterations as fairly fall withinthe spirit and scope `of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. The combination with a container, of a case inclosing the container,a stopper in the container, an eye on the stopper, a supporting bracket,said bracket and container having engagin shoulders limiting upwardmovement o the container on the bracket,

means on the bracket engaging the case and removably supporting thelatter, said bracket having at its upper portion a laterally proj ectingloop, and a link positioned in the eye on the stopper and in said loop,said link comprising a single piece' of wire having its end portionsoverlapping and of spring metal, the overlapping end portions of thelink tending to spread and elastically engage the walls of the eye andthe loop. v

2. The combination with a container, of a case incloslng the container,a stopper in the container, an eye ,on'the sto per, a supportingbracket, a tongue on t e lower end of the' bracket supporting the lowerend of the' container, clamps on the bracket engaging the sides of thecontainer, said'bracket and container having engaging shoulders limitingupward movement of the container on the bracket, said bracket having alaterally projecting loop, and a link positioned in the eye on thestopper and in said loop, said link comprising a single piece of Wire ofgeneral elliptical form having its end portions overlapping and ofspring metal, the overlapping end portions of the link tending tospreadand elastically engaging the wallsy of the eye and the loop.

CLIFFORD CROSS.

